Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 5

31-January-2005

IRAN

Uranium Ore Processing Plant Announced By Iran

Iran plans to bring a uranium ore concentrate (yellowcake) production plant on-line in the year beginning 21 March, according to Gholamreza Aghazadeh, Vice-President and Director of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO). Mr Aghazadeh told reporters in Tehran on 24 January that the Bandar Abbas Yellowcake Production Plant would process ore extracted from a uranium mine under...